Stage 7 of the Tour de Zwift Group B rode the Makuri Islands Island Outskirts course for 2 laps plus a short lead-in. Back on December 22, 2022, I rode this course for an hour in a group ride. Portions of the course show up in other routes so I had some previous segment data to compete against. There are 4 segments in Strava and I got a medal on two of them. The event description said the distance would be 14.2 miles with 597 feet of climbing. I climbed 604 feet, not enough to gripe about.

Leaving the start area there was a .2 mile lead-in to the lap start. Two sprints awaited on each lap. For 1.2 miles the road went up and down with the serious climb reaching 194 feet at 2.16 miles followed by a nice descent to 3.3 miles. A short false flat of .2 of a mile interrupted the descent which resumed bottoming out at 4.2 miles. The next climb went from 9 feet to 49 feet topping out at 4.77 miles. A short downhill took me to the valley and back to the lap start in 2.33 miles. Then it was rinse and repeat to the end of the stage.

The “nearby” Zwifters for the stage showed 1023 or 1024. I got as low as 799 and as high as 844 during the stage. From ZwiftPower.com I was 516 out of 587. Group A showed 843, Group C 257, and Group D 33.

I rode each stage of the 2023 Tour de Zwift. I think this is the first time I rode all of the stages without needing a make up stage. I rode only Group B courses whereas in other Tour de Zwift’s I think I mixed Group B and Group C.

Strava results: PR on Island Outskirts (22:19), PR on Festival Harbor Climb CCW (5:51), 2nd fastest time on Island Outskirts (23:50), and 3rd fastest time on Festival Harbor Climb CCW (6:25).